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from the central organ and a book can control several others. long before there were concert halls of houses music was played in churches including in the mission people from humble call their church for centuries this was the 1st symbol of the port city that's a lost soul from afar. the church organ of sun michael's this is where our musical journey through begins this city has a rich musical history and an exciting present i will take you to the many clubs across the city and to many other places. i'll also be turning into an avatar to attend a concert. i'll take
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a tour through the humble district. where the beatles polish their skills. and i visit the molotov one of the most famous clubs in the republic. my journey takes me from the old landmark the mission to the new landmark there philharmonia the concert called by the river elbe or opened in 2017. we filmed in march 2020 before the corona lockdown so i was able to fulfill a long held wish to visit tom work. as you can see from the brick base this was once a warehouse it became a concert hall with this spectacular glass structure. forced escalator carries you inside at 82 meters it's the longest in europe.
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like all visitors i started with a tour of the viewing platform at the plaza. this city and port stretched out below me. who want. to lose. their money off 1st guided tours to visit us press spokesman tim schultz transmitted building. swiss knock it takes half stock and their mobile created unusual sight lines in the stairwell and for you. and there is a story behind the shape of the balconies as well. as if. there's something fish like about them like a fish tail. but the architects also call them tuning forks which is naturally a musical reference.
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and here we are in the main concert hall with 2100 seats. behind us as the so-called white skin it's important for the acoustics the. covetous reflects the sound of the whole. mess and many love the sound here but some tongs. there are a few who feel the sound to be too analytical come on from. the vienna philharmonic for example could probably play in the antarctic and still produce a warm sound whatever it is so i always think it's not about the room but rather the way music is playing and how people perceive it. in
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the beginning it was almost impossible to get tickets because everyone wanted to see the building these days it's the musicians and the program that people come for . now you can buy tickets for the great concert hall quite easily caught up last minute yarmulke yes even last a minute though that's still a somewhat risky business. on the other hand there are always allotments of tickets that are returned not on press to kids who just i see it every night at the box office if your stand there trying their luck and are thrilled to get a ticket. i'm lucky the vienna philharmonic will be performing in hamburg tonight i will her sing before the concert.
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this summer is the best time of the here too is the tomboy it's one of the city turns into a huge concert hall here a few tips for all the colossal music fans. on the steps in front of hamburg's ode for the money people are in a party mood they have come well prepared for this a pope and a concert. and so i just see i don't want that you should bring something to sit on a track it's golf and something to eat and drink. times even if you brought i d. past. show to have red wine.
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while inside the elks eliminate spectate is a taking their places outside a surprise concert is being given by members of the national youth orchestra of the usa. then in the alps a little mini maestro awaits his but talk. there i. first on the program a contemporary composition. i. i later after sundown the mood grows more mantic. concert cinema is the name of the elbe filament is open
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a concert series that's become a musical tradition each summer in his hands the attic city. another musical highlight other concerts given at city hall by the fillmore nick state orchestra one of hamburg's top orchestras is directed by stock conductor canada gonna hear them performing brahms 1st symphony which some call hamburg's unofficial land to the. but actually you shouldn't thing along but we did after watching you know my cancer it's really nice people and for those who normally aren't classical music fans it should. be even during the encore the audience just can't get enough.
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this is so poor and saw your and so reels of this enjoyment of music people always ask what kind of a city is hamburg but i have to say hamburg some musical city other stuff. i feel like i've traveled back in time to the baroque period this street is one of the fuel that were built after the 2nd world war it's worth the composers part is located and commemorates great names of homeworks musical history. felix and funny man the sun batali. your highness palms. and of course stuff milo. i start my tour with your highness clams who composed one of the world's most
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famous lullaby is. he was born in how morgan 1833 and began taking piano lessons at age 7 at 15 he performed for the 1st time later he morphed to vienna where he rose to global fame. nowadays students from all over the world come to play his piano. they obviously do a much better job than me. we continue with philip taylor man and philip hammond well back. what church musicians and home work for decades. this is a model of an opera stage from the rock period at the time this technology was extremely advanced and amazed locals.
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another technological feat is this self playing mechanical piano is a pretty assessor to look around for. this is an original recording baikal stuff mahler from 1905 plate off a punched card. was the director of the humble call profit 7 years he didn't rise to worldwide fame until later after he had moved to vienna. some of you might find classical music a bit too stiff and formal but it doesn't have the we always like that. they found the perfect way to play it delicious. with pizza and put any.
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6 singer eileen letter is getting ready for the put cheney evening at hamburg's op or a loft making pizza is just part of the preparations. the signal me got also it's a huge challenge because the pits and must be ready on time the singer must know when the pits and needs to go into the oven on precisely what note taking to one place and how long it took us to find out what the next like that in turn was a gigantic challenge he's also got all. the preparations are done and the last visitors have been seated the cullen every concert can begin. was. 100 which annoyed about belts out oh so let me you. know put cine but it is italian just like the n.t.
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plus to. mean well soprano i mean is shaping does was 2. then arias from put genie's opera tosca i presented while tossing pizza dough yes. i. was. a short instrumental into cubes the scene is just enough time to serve the home a pizza. serving as seen on chef and way to in the same night takes talent. comes out of 2 was the upper loft is bringing new life to the old ferry terminal in altoona.
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i meant despite the word house district unesco world heritage site. from all over the world she used to be stored here including coffee tea and coffee just. now it's home to about real start ups like a virtual reality company. here but it's a combination of virtual reality and music and. that's right and we're here in our virtual reality headquarters on the weekends you can come in here and different virtual reality experiences for instance gondola ride around hamburg via our laser tag and the virtual concerts you can see here. that look like. visitors come in groups of 4 and are fitted with 3 our headsets then meet in the virtual world where they each have their own avatar which allows them to walk
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around freely they can also talk with one another because they're all built in microphones. so i could attend a virtual concert here and how bored and a friend could attend the same concert from barcelona. right. i want to have a goal i put the v.o.r. headset on and dive into a virtual world. where i need fabio all rather his other tired yet the. time they go one. way. we visit the port of hum boy where the michaud value trio is playing at a jazz festival. venues and compare our various interaction points brings to this process bottom here. ok. you know now look up.
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let's go over a 1000 people have seen that online that's very exciting for the album chance 1st of all because they could reach a completely new ordinance and normally people would have to be in hamburg to attend the festival now through free our folks all over the world can experience a. lot of this go back there where it's quite alive or. there's all this is also the do certain thing about very young many people think it's a very on social media because you're so completely isolated but we believe it's a completely new way of connecting to people all over the world that's never existed before with god. i also see the band driving roun playing here with the titanic destroying the world . where he comes.
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back a little. all in all it was an amazing experience. of reality can't recreate the feeling of being at a live concert but it can take you to a completely differently day mission. to. 'd 'd 'd the. 'd beatles music and of a pop band played by stephanie hempel she always has a ukulele with her when she is showing beatles fans there some polish district. 'd believe it or not the beatles career took off here in humble. ready ready ready ready ready ready ready ready
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this. started singing and here comes the sun george harrison's with us and do you always start your beatles tours with the ukulele yes my 2 is a musical to us and it's always really nice to sing along with the fans with the guests. and what comes after the musical kick off. i tell the story of the beatles in how they started off here when they were really young 1718 years old it was their 1st official engagement and we go with the fans through some poly to the original location. and some. really it's more than just a red light district with bars there are also many clubs. like that in ground. it was here that the beatles gave their very 1st performance and humbled in $960.00
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. they were complete amateurs a 4th choice band only because 3 other bands from liverpool couldn't make it with a peaceful center hamburg as a quick fix. for them and i have photos with me all of them still had elvis hairdos . and murmur often goes through the group when i show them this pic 18 year old cool. then we have 17 year old george harrison from home be here do i really like this photo because folks always said he was the youngest with the biggest head. of the dearest the taller they played the in draft 3 months from 7 pm to 5 am they had composed of all music yet so they played rock'n'roll songs from the fifty's. and they lived here. this used to be a movie theater and the old bambi cinema was the beatles' 1st residence. they lived
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in the little rooms without windows or heating and they were here until the end of november so it was really cold. they had to bathe in the men's room. so they quickly gave this place the nickname the black hole of calcutta. eventually both the cops and the accommodations got better after the interrupt the beatles played for 50 nights because like a lot of economic reports and. they performed for sale is rock isn't gangsters because rock n roll came to hamburg with the seafarers back then ships lay of islam much longer and sailors came from around the world the americans and scandinavians wanted live music rock'n'roll because they weren't any good rock bands and so they brought them over from england and bands from liverpool. this is where the beatles met brindle star correlate george from pete best asked drummer.
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next we head to the legendary stop the venue burned down n.b.a. teams but a flock still lists all the big names. and. guess who played the opening in 1962 that's right the beatles by then they were already wearing suits and had their iconic mop top here. what did hamburg mean for the beatles started their fifties to beatles of world's most renowned beatle author mark lewis and put it bluntly no hamburg no beatles they performed more here than anywhere else playing for over 1200 hours in the clubs and honing their crowds here they became a professional live band here they met ringo starr the warden here in the quiet style the image. as john lennon said we grew up in
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hamburg not liverpool up in her book liverpool or well to. me it was understocked luck that the beatles performed their own songs for the 1st time funny place one of our favorite. santoli has turned on its lights people are queuing in front of the clubs and. every year one of the biggest music events in europe takes place here. if you are interested and you come and trendsetter you definitely have to visit in september for the band festival during 4 days there are plenty of concerts with musicians and bands from all over the world.
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this. concert hopping in hamburg 600. concert on 100 stages in just 4 days much more than the most avid music lover can manage. the 1st read up on fast of all took place back in 2006 the annual event has grown to become one of europe's biggest pop festivals. here it's less about big name acts than discovering new ones from around the world . cup. concerts likely to go to the different clubs and see who turns out. we did just in
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case someone was playing piano it was really client does this with style and you can have everything d.j.'s on stage there's something for everyone. i'm going to the mall itself to meet the young british band. i joined them backstage. the i'm a james. and i'm thinking oh. this is this is this is true it's his 2nd time and homework right yeah it is how do you like it here wonderful the last time we were here we had. a typically for your incredible audience and gauged and excited wins and i hope we'll see something similar you know that to be. a big hit but how morgue oh yeah so so so just around the
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corner as well the part is over and over again or we played the show again what exactly is the story. they just played. just played. off it's all this. right off it was it were. well we actually haven't heard of this before well photographer was explaining it to us and she said something that she said they became the beatles and when we saw one a great way to put it that's fantastic yeah i know a lot of history happening here musical his way i mean i have the look the real me . out the back. the way the find music touring homework and steer that will shock all those before the outbreak of the curling up on damage in march 2020 led so that soon we will be able to gold little clocks and concert halls all over the world again without anyone we. take care and see you soon.
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